Show Stopper Plant Lists California Natives in Bold Code Botanical Name Common Name Size Sun Part Sun Shade Flower WUCOLS* (HxW) A Medium to Large Trees (25' +) A Acacia stenophylla Shoestring Acacia 30' Yellow LOW A Cedrus deodara Deodar Cedar 40' + N/A LOW A Prosopis x ‘Maverick’ Thornless Honey Mesquite 30' + N/A LOW A Quercus buckleyi Texas Red Oak 30' + N/A LOW A Quercus lobata Valley Oak 30' + N/A LOW A Quercus suber Cork Oak 30' + N/A LOW A Quercus wislizeni Interior Live Oak 30' + N/A VERY LOW B Small Trees B Callistemon citrinus Bottlebrush 10'+ Reg LOW B Cercis occidentalis Western Redbud 10'+ Magenta VERY LOW B Cercis reniformis ‘Oklahoma’ Oklahoma Redbud 15' Magenta LOW B Chilopsis linearis cv. Desert Willow cultivar 10'+ Varies VERY LOW B Lagerstroemia spp. Crape Myrtle 10'+ Varies VERY LOW B Parkinsonia x ‘Desert Museum’ Palo Verde 15' Yellow VERY LOW B Sambucus nigra spp. caerulea Blue Elderberry 25' White LOW B Vitex agnus castus Chaste Tree 10'+ Lavender LOW C Shrubs 10'-15' C Acacia boormanii Snowy River Wattle 15'x 8' Yellow LOW C Arctostaphylos ‘Dr. Hurd’ Dr. Hurd Manzanita 12' x 8' White VERY LOW C Callistemon viminalis ‘Slim’ Narrow Bottlebrush 9'x 3.5' Red LOW C Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman’ Ray Hartman Wild Lilac 15' x 10' Blue VERY LOW C Cercocarpus betuloides var. bl. Island Mtn. Mahogany 15' White VERY LOW C Laurus nobilis Grecian Bay 12' x 7' Cream LOW C Punica granatum Pomegranate 10' x 8' Orange LOW C Rhamnus alaternus Italian Buckthorn 12' x 7' Cream LOW Show Stopper Plant Lists California Natives in Bold Code Botanical Name Common Name Size Sun Part Sun Shade Flower WUCOLS D Shrubs 6'-8' (HxW) D Arctostaphylos ‘Sunset’ Sunset Manzanita 8' x 8' White LOW D Callistemon violaceus Purple Bottlebrush Lavender LOW D Calycanthus occidentalis Western Spice Bush 8' x 6' Orange LOW D Leucophyllum frutescens Cenizo 7' x 7' Lavender LOW D Rhamnus (Frangula) ca. 'Eve Case' Eve Case Coffeeberry 5' x 5' Cream LOW D Syringa x laciniata / persica Cutleaf Lilac, Persian Lilac 6' x 5' Lavender LOW D Vitex ‘Delta Blues' Delta Blues Chaste Tree 8' x 6' Blue LOW E Shrubs 4'-6' E Arctostaphylos d . ‘Howard McMinn’ Vine Hill Manzanita 6'x6' Light Pink LOW E Calliandra x ‘Sierra Star’ Sierra Star Calliandra 5' x 5' Red E Carpenteria californica Bush Anemone 6'x5' White LOW E Grevillea ‘Robyn Gordon’ Robyn Gordon Grevillea 5' x 5' Red LOW E Leonotis leonuris Lion's Tail 5'x 5' Yellow LOW E Rosmarinus (Salvia) ‘Tuscan Blue’ Tuscan Blue Upright Rosemary 5'x5' Blue LOW E Senna (Cassia) artemisioides Feathery Cassia 4' x 4' Yellow LOW E Westringia fruticosa Coast Rosemary 4' x 6' White LOW F Shrubs 1'- 4' F Arctostaphylos 'John Dourley' John Dourley Manzanita 2' x 5' Pink LOW F Grevilllea lavandulacea ‘Penola’ Lavender Grevillea 4' x 7' Rose Red LOW F Hypericum androes.‘Ignite Red’ Ignite Scarlet St. John’s Wort 3' x 3' Yellow LOW F Lavandula ‘Goodwin Creek Grey’ Goodwin Creek Lavender 3' x 4' Purple LOW F Lavandula x allardii ‘Meerlo’ Meerlo Lavender 2' x 3' Lavender LOW F Mimulus aurantiacus Bush Monkeyflower 3' x 2' orange LOW F Salvia clevelandii and cultivars Blue Sage 4' x 5' Light Blue LOW F Salvia l. ‘Winnifred Gilman’ Winnifred Gilman Sage 4' x 4' Blue LOW Show Stopper Plant Lists California Natives in Bold Code Botanical Name Common Name Size Sun Part Sun Shade Flower WUCOLS G Perennials 1'- 4' (HxW) G Cyrtomium fortunei Fortune's Holly Fern 2' x 2' LOW G Epilobium spp. California Fuchsia varies Orange LOW G Penstemon centranthifolius Scarlet Bugler 3' X 1' Orange LOW G Penstemon heter. ‘Margarita BOP’ Marg. BOP Foothill Penstem1' x 2' Blue LOW G Phlomis purpurea Purple Jeruselum Sage 4' x 4' Lavender LOW G Salvia microphylla cvs. Graham Sage Hybrids 3' x 3' Varies LOW G Salvia spathacea Hummingbird Sage 1' X 3' Dark Pink LOW G Teucrium chamaedrys/lucydris Wall Germander 1.5' X 2' Pink LOW G Glandularia lilacina ‘De La Mina’ Lilac Verbena 2' x 3' Lavender LOW H Perennials under 1' H Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow 4" X 2' White LOW H Calylophus drummondianus Texas Primrose 8" X 2' Yellow LOW H Echeveria ‘Imbricata’ Hens and Chicks 4" X 2' Salmon VERY LOW H Eschscholzia californica California Poppy 1'X1' Orange VERY LOW H Origanum ‘Betty Rollins’ Betty Rollins Oregano 4" X 2' Pink LOW H Saponaria ocymoides Rock Soapwort Pink LOW H Teucrium cossonii majoricum Fruity Germander 4" X 3' Pink LOW H Bergenia crassifolia Winter Blooming Bergenia 8"x 2' Pink LOW Show Stopper Plant Lists California Natives in Bold Code Botanical Name Common Name Size Sun Part Sun Shade Flower WUCOLS I Grasses (or Grass-like) (HxW) I Bouteloua gracilis Blue Grama Grass 1' x 1' N/A LOW I Calamagrostis x a. ‘Karl Foerster’ Karl Foerster Grass 3' x 3' N/A LOW I Festuca californica California Fescue 2' x 3' N/A LOW I Lomandra ‘Platinum Beauty' Platinum Beauty Lomandra 2.5’x 2’ N/A LOW I Muhlenbergia dubia Pine Muhly 3' x 3' N/A LOW I Sporobolus wrightii Giant Sacaton 5'’ x 4’ N/A VERY LOW I Stipa ichu NOT Stipa tenuissima Peruvian Feather Grass 1.5' x 1' N/A VERY LOW J Vines J Aristolochia californica Dutchman’s Pipe Vine 20' Cream/Pur LOW J Clematis lasiantha Chapparal Clematis 15' White LOW J Hardenbergia violacea Lilac vine Dark Lav LOW J Vitis californica California Grape vine 20' White LOW Created by Marcia Jimenez Scott *WUCOLS = Water Use Classification of Landscape Species.